Tuesday, January 1, 2013

2013.

many of you have asked us about how the russian ban against u.s. adoptions will affect us.
truth is no one knows just yet.
we have no idea if registered families will be allowed to complete their adoptions, if russia will make an exception and allow special needs children to be adopted, how God will show his mercy on these innocent children being treated as pawns in a game of politics.

the only thing we do know is that we are not giving up.
we love this boy, and we want nothing more than to care for him and to give him the attention he needs and deserves.
we ask that you please continue praying for the children, for the lawmakers' hearts, for the families fighting so hard for the children that were born in their hearts.
we will keep you updated as we learn more.
i promise.

in the meantime, the new year is upon us.
(2013--how did that happen, really??)
and we are ready for some new beginnings.
i hoped on over to my friend hannah's blog this morning and read the most beautiful passage.
i read it over and over again, eyes full of tears, heart full of hope for davis and for our new life to which He leads us.
happy new year my friends.
i love you all.

"in our own lives, it is the discovery of god in life and the certainty that he plans for us that gives us a true, deep sense of movement, and lets us always feel the power and delight of unknown coming things.

it is good to come to a future which you do not know. it is good if god brings you to the borders of some promised land. do not shrink from any experience merely because of its novelty. do not draw back from any way just because you have never traveled there before. oh, my friend, go into it today without fear!

only, go into it with god, the god who has always been with you. remember what he has already done for you, and the new life to which he leads you shall open its best riches to you. for he who most humbly accepts what god already has given him and taught him is surest of the best and deepest blessings which god has yet to give."

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results."
Albert Einstein

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
Melody Beattie“…when some doctor tells you “Your child won’t…” or “Don’t get your hopes up,” don’t you dare sell your child out and buy into that… defeatist attitude. Sometimes all it takes is a belief that it can happen, the determination to create the possibilities —the right environment, the right people— and the ability to love your child more than you fear their labels and limitations.”
Niksmom, Maternal Instincts blog

"It was my child who taught me to understand so clearly that all people are equal in their humanity and that all have the same human rights. I might never have learned this in any other way. I may have gone on in the arrogance of my own intolerance for those less able than myself. My child taught me humanity."
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author, Pearl S. Buck

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
Anna Quindlen, Author

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Albert Einstein, Inventor